The other day, I saw a news report about a strange game in Japan. People go around and take pictures of power poles. Then they use an app to upload the photos to a special site. They get points for each pole, and they get prizes with their points. Some players say that they make more than 50,000 yen per month! Who made such a strange game? It was an electric power company. They need to check more than a million power poles in one prefecture. This takes a lot of time and money, but if people send them photos, it is much faster and cheaper to check the power poles. It’s a great idea because the players don’t think that they are working. They just enjoy playing the game and winning money.   (133 words)

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